Kerry Ellis "Defying Gravity" mishap ?- Page 5

[suicidalmickeymouse]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 11:19am

That note should be written in.

[Miss Elphaba]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:44pm

God, I love this woman! She did unbelivabley well after such a scare! I adore her voice anyone and this is the best I've heard her sing DG since one of her first..

Also, it really does sound like Dianne screams 'Kerry!' though it's very hard to tell..

[Dancin Thru Life]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:45pm

I just can't believe there's over 100 posts about this already.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 2:48pm

Could someone please PM me? Thanks!

~Steven

[yankee_fan907]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 3:05pm

Music, you better be joking, that's all I can say...

So I listened to it again, and I actually realized she's rushing the song quite a bit. maybe it's a little hard to tell with the orchestra so quiet, but listen again and see if you can tell what I'm talking about...

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 4:58pm

Ugh, whatever, I missed the link. All better now.

~Steven

[Elphabuff2]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 6:37pm

From what I gather, it is Kerry's new "signature" to hold that last note for quite a while. Cassidy Jansen (sp?) follows Kerry's lead, and I believe the other day, Cassidy held the note for almost 11 seconds. I hope she brings it to Broadway.

It is strange how completely fascinating this incident is.

[Raspberry]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 6:39pm

As interesting as the whole problem with the lift is, I love that the part of the recording I keep listening to again and again is the ending, not the whole scream/mishap part. That's a good sign for the performer--normally I'm more obsessed with disaster than things going well.

[yankee_fan907]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 6:40pm

I wonder what the conductor/chorus say about this... Hahaha Kerry is lucky she can do that because she actually cues the conductor for the cut-off with the broom hit...

[Kirsee]

Posted: 7/29/08 at 7:29pm

Can someone please pm it to me??

~*K*~

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 7/29/08 at 7:59pm

I would like to be PM'ed to :] Diddnt Shoshana knock her witch hat once?
Updated On: 7/29/08 at 07:59 PM

[toanythingtaboo 2]

Posted: 7/29/08 at 10:59pm

From the different versions I've heard, this appears to be what most likely happened, taking the common denominators:

Kerry goes to the lift, either accidentally pushed the back button (which securely clamps her in for take off) or she got tangled causing her to move forwards to try and get herself back into position.

The clamp grabs her in an awkward position as it begins to rise. A few people have said that she was clamped sideways, so half of her body was off the platform.

Kerry shouts 'NO STOP' or words to that effect, Dianne screams 'ELPHIE!' probably not 100% on whats going on, Kerry then continues to shout out 'IT'S THE LIFT'. However, the music continues and people seem to be slow on realizing that she's now out of character.

She throws down the broomstick after looking frantically around, obviously this gets the attention...everyone stops singing, the music stops, the curtain drops.

There's an apology announcement, minutes if not seconds later, there's an announcement that Wicked can continue...which it does, with Kerry standing at the front of the stage with the Ozians crouched around her. She then NAILS it, as we all know.

The edrenoline she has is overwhelming, you can hear her all shaken up...yet she's so energetic and, for lack of a better word, FIERCE. Snaps for Kerry, she has balls!

[SahDu]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 12:47am

I'd love to hear it too if anyone is willing. Thanks.
Updated On: 2/15/14 at 12:47 AM

[wafflehouse2005]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 2:36am

Is there anyone who could PM it to me:)?

Thank you!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 4:12am

I dunno what you guys are listening to. All I hear is her scream and say stop, and then maybe "Eeeee!". I don't hear "stop it", "it's the lift" or a broom falling to the stage.

[Kirsee]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 4:14am

Sorry missed the link :P
Updated On: 7/30/08 at 04:14 AM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 4:15am

Read the above posts. There's a download link.

[Psychopathic Sanity]

Posted: 11/29/08 at 4:32pm

she's incredible, to be able to sing like that right after such a scare? and she's afraid of heights too, which makes it that much worse. but she comes back and kicks serious ass. and there were some people laughing when the whole thing stopped, that just ticked me off. i mean, come one, someone almost gets hurt on stage and all you do is laugh? for heaven's sake, show some sense.

[NGD2225]

Posted: 11/29/08 at 5:04pm

They didn't know something was seriously wrong. People laughed when Sho ran into the Orchestra net.

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 11/29/08 at 5:21pm

toanythingtaboo 2, not exactly.

Kerry hit the button while stepping on the platform and it closed around her causing her to rise early (the computer off stage left sends a signal to fly one the safety closes.) Being that Elphaba isn't visible during this part she rose without people being able to do anything... the rest is audible.

Also, it was a 20 minute break. The person who recorded the audio edited down.

It might have been taken off so many times because Kerry didn't appreciate it being on there and she 'youtubes' herself as many performers do and saw it, and reported it.

[Psychopathic Sanity]

Posted: 11/29/08 at 5:52pm

that would make sense, personally, i would really ticked off if i searched for myself and found a video of me when i was scared ****less. add the fact that people can be heard laughing makes is just that much worse.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 7:17pm

I know this thread is really old, but could you please please pm me the audio as well. thanks

[LadyRosecoe]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 7:34pm

What orchestra net is this? I've looked over into the pit and never seen a net there and I've never heard of anybody confirming that.

[SharpCookies]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 10:26pm

Wow... that sounds horrible. I would be just as scared as she was. D:

[AdamBritten]

Posted: 12/17/08 at 7:51am

Sky,

If you actually read any 10 posts in this thread, you would see MANY times that people are saying you can just download it from the posted link ON THIS THREAD.